How to hide certain choices based on logged in users' department

Rob Sestito · ‎08-31-2022

Hey there SN Comm Team,

I am in need of some help to hide certain choices from a custom field when the logged in user does not belong to the Human Resources Department.

The field and choices are on the HRIT Operations table

Department field sits on the user table (sys_user)

I also need to hide these choices on the portal side. The variable I am using is a reference type. Using a reference qualifier to reference the choices so that I did not have to duplicate all the choices (there are 37).

I believe I have to use both Script Include with Ajax and a Client Script, but having difficulty scripting it.

Can someone lend me a hand and show me the way 🙂

Thank you in advance,

-Rob

Mahendra RC · ‎08-31-2022

Hello Rob,

If your requirement is to use a drop down field then I would suggest not to use the reference type field. You can use the Select box type (choice type) field which is a best practice, because if you have a requirement to create UI policy on this field or Hide other fields based on this field value if future, then it will be difficult for you or team to implement the UI Policy because the reference qualifier will not be applicable on condition field in UI policy table. So you we end up having 100s of value for your field when creating UI Policy.

If you are using the Select box type field then you can use the below code:

function onLoad() {
    var ga = new GlideAjax("DepartmentUtilsCustom");
    ga.addParam('sysparm_name', 'isUserFromHrDepartment');
    ga.getXMLAnswer(getResources);

    function getResources(response) {
        var answer = response;
        alert(answer);
        if (!answer || answer == "false") {
                var removeOptions = ["value1", "value2", "value3"]; // you can add the drop-down choice field value that you want to remove
                for (var optionValues in removeOptions) {
                        g_form.removeOption("<YOUR_FIELD_NAME>", removeOptions[optionValues]);
                }
        }
    }
}

Create a System property:
Name: hr.department.sys_id
Value: <sys_id of human resource department in your instance>

Script include:

var DepartmentUtilsCustom = Class.create();
DepartmentUtilsCustom.prototype = Object.extendsObject(AbstractAjaxProcessor, {
	isUserFromHrDepartment: function () {
		// As the department of logged in user will not change frequently we can get the Department ID of logged user from user's current session
		return (gs.getUser().getDepartmentID() == gs.getProperty("hr.department.sys_id"));
	},

    type: 'DepartmentUtilsCustom'
});

Please mark my respsone as helpful/correct, if it answer your question.

Thanks

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Rob Sestito · ‎08-31-2022

Okay - we needed to add global within the script include Object.extendsObject(global.AbstractAjaxProcessor

This works how I need it - thank you very much!

-Rob

Rob Sestito · ‎08-31-2022

I spoke too soon...

When I put in the values for the choices I want to hide when the user is NOT in human resources department, the choices are hidden from me as well.

That should not be - I am in the HR department.

Can you still help to figure out why?

Rob Sestito · ‎08-31-2022

Thank you everyone for helping!